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Some twist is desirable, but too much can induceweatherhelmor ruin the slot between the mainsail and jib.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A swing keel lifted halfway is the perfect treatment forweatherhelmon a gaffer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This behavior is known as the helm and is either aweatherhelmor lee helm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ships tended toward lee helm in general conditions, but in heavy wind, they suffered fromweatherhelm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The helmsman, can reduceweatherhelmsignificantly, simply by sheeting out the mainsail.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They were also very wet at high speeds and suffered from a slightweatherhelm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They suffered from slightweatherhelmin a swell and made severe leeway.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is the opposite ofweatherhelmwhich is the tendency of a sailboat to round up into the wind.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As more heeling force causes more heel,weatherhelmmay be experienced.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sailing off the wind,weatherhelmmay be caused by the imbalance due to fore-and-aft sails all being sheeted out on the same (leeward) side of the boat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the center of pressure is astern of the center of lateral resistance, aweatherhelm, the tendency of the vessel to want to turn into the wind.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the center of pressure is astern of the center of lateral resistance, aweatherhelm, the tendency of the vessel is to want to turn into the wind.
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